Vehicle with environmental context analysis
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJonathan Diedrich, Robert Klosek, Eric Reed, Adil Nizam Siddiqui, Scott Howard Gaboury
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Abstract
A host vehicle may include: motor(s), brakes, sensors, processor(s) configured to: (a) predict a target path of a target vehicle based on lane boundaries of a virtual map; (b) compare the target path to a predicted host path of the host vehicle; (c) apply the brakes based on the comparison; (d) predict the target path and the host path as shapes, each having a two-dimensional surface area; (e) determine whether the shapes intersect, and based on the determination, (f) calculate a first timespan where the target vehicle reaches the intersection, and (g) a second timespan where the host vehicle reaches the intersection.
Claims19
A host vehicle comprising:
- motor(s), brakes, sensors, processor(s) configured to:
- recognize a lane of a target vehicle;
- determine a radius of curvature of the lane boundaries of the recognized lane;
- predict a target path of the target vehicle based on lane boundaries of a virtual map and the radius of curvature of the lane boundaries of the recognized lane;
- compare the target path to a predicted host path of the host vehicle;
- and
- apply the brakes based on the comparison.
A host vehicle comprising:
- motor(s), steering, sensors, processor(s) configured to:
- recognize a lane of a target vehicle;
- determine a radius of curvature of the land boundaries of the recognized lane;
- predict a target path of the target vehicle based on lane boundaries of a virtual map and the radius of curvature of the lane boundaries of the recognized lane;
- compare the target path to a predicted host path of the host vehicle;
- and
- actuate the steering based on the comparison.
A host vehicle comprising:
- motor(s), a warning light, sensors, processor(s) configured to:
- recognize a lane of a target vehicle;
- determine a radius of curvature of the lane boundaries of the recognized lane;
- predict a target path of the target vehicle based on lane boundaries of a virtual map and the radius of curvature of the lane boundaries of the recognized lane;
- compare the target path to a predicted host path of the host vehicle;
- and
- activate the warning light based on the comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.